85 5.0 Mustangs

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Sean Marconette

The 83-84 non- hydraulic roller is lumped in with the 85. It's apples and oranges. And its not anywhere close to .5 -.6 under with good parts and a lot of testing. I should have listened to Alex D several years ago. The 83 turbo 2.3 stick is a competitive combo, not sure of the 83-84 CFI 5.0 auto combo being competitive.

Sean

^^ Marty Buth does well with the 83-84 Mustang 2.3 Turbo. ( Auto trans tho)

83-84 CFI 5.0 automatics are way over factored. Too high for that tiny CFI throttle body.


1985 4 bbl Mustang 5.0 combo had the hydraulic roller cam and the heads were better than the 83-84 4 bbl Mustang.